Amelia Kent

CHILDREN OF ZENAS AND PAMELIA 46 (LEWIS) KENT.

114. i. Harriett, was born June 6, 1812, and died January 4, 1887. She married, September 1, 1831, Charles Clapp.

115. ii. Henry A., was born October ar, 1814. He has been twice married. First, to Sarah M. Wells, June 2, 1845; and second, to Mrs. Amelia C. Russell, of Middletown, Conn., in June, 1866. He is a man of exceptional business ability, was for years a merchant in New York, and has acquired a large fortune. He resides in Brooklyn, N. Y.

116. iii. Marvin, was born September 21, 1816. He married, December 24, 1840, Maria Stewart. He resides at Kent, Ohio, where he is interested in large business enterprises. He was one of the original projectors of the Atlantic and Great Western railroad (now the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad), and it was largely owing to his boldness, and his indomitable energy, that the road was built. He now enjoys a large fortune as the result of his life of active labor. His children are as follows:

1. Henry L., was born February 14, 1843. He married, October 12, 1864, Josephine A. Collins. Henry L. Kent has two daughters:

1. Grace Emily, who was born October 28, 1865, and married, October 9, 1889, Charles E. Curtis. They have one child, a great-grandson of Marvin Kent, named Marvin Kent Curtis, who was born October 10, 1890.

2. Ella Southwick, who was born September 7, 1867, and is unmarried.

2. William Stewart, was born August 24, 1847. He married, October 19, 1875, Kittie M. North, who died May 28, 1886, leaving no children.

117. iv. Charles H., was born August 12, 1818, and died February 28, 1887. He married, January 14, 1841, Mary E. Burritt.

118. v. Louisa, was born September 19, 1820, and died in infancy.

119. vi. Edward, was born August 2, 1823. He married, October 24, 1849, Artimesia Streator, He was formerly a merchant in New York, and now lives near Brooklyn, N. Y.

120. vii. Eliza A., was born May 18, 1825, and died July 4, 1864. She married, March 4, 1845, John Poag, who was a merchant in New York, and at one time a partner in business with Henry A. Kent.

121. viii. George L., was bom May 13, 1827, and died at New York City, December 22, 1884. He married, first, June 1, 1852, Matilda Rockwell. He married, second, Virginia G. Tryon, June 6, 1866. He also was for several years a merchant in New York.

122. ix. Frances E., was born November 19, 1830. She married, August 27, 1851, George W. Wells. She now resides at Arlington, Colorado.

123. x. Emily, was born August 13, 1832. She married, September 3, 1872, Robert B. Dennis, and resides at Cleveland, Ohio.

124. xi. Amelia, was bom October 23, 1834. She died in infancy.

125. xii. Amelia L., was born September 26, 1837. She married, October 4, 1863, Joseph W. Shively, and resides at Washington, D. C.

Bibliographic information:

• Title Book VXIII. of the Genealogy of the Lewis Family
• Author Simeon Dunham Lewis
• Publisher C.W. Moulton, 1891
• Original from the University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Digitized Apr 16, 2007
• Length 66 pages
• Pages 19 - 26, and 41
• https://books.google.com/books?id=KOswAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=...